> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 408](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333547) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9335-1) LSID 9335-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71649) QID Q71649 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schur, \[Philipp Johann\] Ferdinand (1799-1878), German (Prussian) botanist; studied at Königsberg and Berlin; state examination pharmacy Berlin; Dr. phil. ib.; director of a chemical factory at Liesing (Wien); subsequently in similar factories in Austria, Hungary and Slowakia; in charge of a sulfuric acid factory in Hermannstadt 1845; devoting himself especially to botany; high school teacher at Kronstadt (Brasov) 1853-1854; director and owner of a girl's school (1854-1864) and private scientist in Wien 1854-1870; from 1870 in Brünn (Brno), ultimately in Bielitz (Silesia). **Abbreviated name**: *Schur* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schur*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LW|LW]] (acquired 1861) and [[Collection BRNU|BRNU]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]]; further material at [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WU|WU]] (in herb. Keck/Lang). *Correspondence* with D.F.L. von Schlechtendal at [[Collection HAL|HAL]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 271, 12(1): 145; Backer p. 661; Barnhart 3: 247 (b. 18 Feb 1799, d. 28 Mai 1878); BM 4: 1874; Bossert p. 356; CSP 5: 580-581, 8: 899, 11: 359, 12: 667; DTS 1: 277, 6(4): 197; Frank 3 (Anh.): 94; Futak-Domin p. 534-535; Herder p. 193; Hortus 3: 1203; IF p. 729; Jackson p. 269; Kanitz 213; Klásterský p. 169 (coll. BRNU); PR 8515; Rehder 5: 785; Tucker 1: 639; WU 32: 220-221; Zander ed. 10, p. 715, ed. 11, p. 815. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1879: 31 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 25 (bibl.): 46. 1878 (obit. not.); J. Bot. 16: 256. 1878 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 9: 141. 1859 (herb. sold to Th. Oppolzer, Wien), 28: 247. 1878 (d.). - Barth, H., Von Honterus zu Oberth. Bedeutende siebenbürgisch-deutsche Naturwissenschaftler, Techniker und Mediziner. Bukarest, p. 134-138. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 449. 1880 (herb. 20.000, in Cosson herb., now at P/PC). - Caspary, R., Festschr. 50-j. Bestehen Preuss. bot. Ver. 272-273. 1912 (biogr. sketch, bibl.). - Hein, W.H., & H.D. Schwarz, Deut. Apoth. Biogr. 2: 611-612. 1978 (biogr. sketch; sold herb. to Lwow (LW) in 1861). - Iltis, H., Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 50: 311. 1912. - Kanitz, A., Magy. növen. Lap. 2: 81-86. 1878 (obit.). - Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61(1): 69-70. 1886. - Niessl, G. v., Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 17: 33-34. 1879 (obit.). - Pax, F., Grundz. Pflanzenverbr. Karpathen 23-24, 30, 50-51, 55-58, 60, 62-63. 1898 (Veg. Erde 2(1)), id. 2: 275. 1908. - Rácz, G. & W. Voik, Österr. Apoth.-Zeit. 31: 889-890. 1977 (biogr. sketch). - Römer, J., Ein Blatt der Erinnerung an Dr. Ferdinand Schur, Kronstadt 1893, 18 p. (Verh. Mitt. siebenb. Ver. Naturw. 43: 1-18. 1894 (biogr.)). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 517. 1977 (coll. PC). - Simonkai, L., Enum. fl. transsilv. xxx-xxxii. 1886 (bibl., coll.). - Skofitz, A. Österr. bot. Z. 26: 1-7. 1876 (biogr., portr.). - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 153. 1982. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 158. 1903 (on portr.). #### Note - (1) Schur made a botanical survey of Siebenbürgen from 5 Jul-15 Aug 1853. A manuscript "Bericht" was submitted to the Austrian "Statthalterei". Michael Fuss prepared an abstract of the botanically significant part and published it in Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. Hermannstadt 10: 58-86. Mar-Apr, 96-134. Mai-Jun, 137-182. Jul-Aug, 185-212. Sep-Oct 1859, reprinted 1859, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-143. *Copy*: NY. "*Auszug aus dem Berichte über eine... vom* 5. *Juli bis 15. August 1883 unternommene Botanische Rundreise durch Siebenbürgen*", Hermannstadt (gedruckt in der Georg v. Closius'schen Buchdruckerei) 1859. Oct. - (2) Papers on Transylvanian plants ("Siebenbürgische Pflanzen") were published in Verh. Mitt. siebenb. Ver. Naturw. Hermannstadt 2: 9-13. Jan, 65-70. Apr, 165-167, 167-171. Oct, 176-177, 177-195. Nov, 198-214 Dec 1851, 3: 84-85, 95-96. Jun, 117-128. Aug 1852, 4: 3-16. Jan, 24-32. Feb, 46-52. Mar, 57-68. Apr, 105-109. Jun 1853 (in supplements: *Sert. fl. Transsilv.*, see below), 6: 78-83. Mai 1854. ### Publications ##### n.11.394. Sertum florae Transsilvaniae **Title** *Sertum florae Transsilvaniae* sive enumeratio systematica omnium plantarum, quae in Transsilvania sponte crescunt et in usum hominum copiosus coluntur... Hermannstadt \[Sibio\] (gedruckt bei Georg v. Closius) 1853. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Sert. fl. Transsilv.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1853 (in parts, see below), p. \[i\], \[1\]-94. *Copies*: U. – Published in parts as an independently paged supplement to the 12 issues of volume 4 of the Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt, 1853 as follows: |Part |pages |date | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-8 |Jan 1853 | |2 |9-16 |Feb 1853 | |3 |17-24 |Mar 1853 | |4 |25-40 |Apr 1853 | |5 |41-56 |Mai 1853 | |6 |57-64 |Jun 1853 | |7 |65-72 |Jul 1853| |8 |73-80 |Aug 1853| |9 |81-88 |Sep 1853| |10 |89-92 |Oct 1853| |11 |93-100 |Nov 1853| |12 |101-108 |Dec 1853| *Comments and descriptions* by Schur in Verh. Mitt. siebenb. Ver. naturw. Hermannstadt 2: 167-171, 176-177. 1851, 3: 84-96, 117-121. 1852, 4: 3-16, 24-32, 46-52, 57-68, 105-106, 1853, 5: 78-83. 1854. ##### n.11.395. Ueber die siebenbürgischen Sesleriaceen **Title** Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Florengebietes Siebenbürgen. *Ueber die siebenbürgischen Sesleriaceen*... Wien (Druck von Karl Ueberreuter) 1856. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1856 (Bonplandia 1 Oct 1856, note dated 28 Aug 1856), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-24. *Copies*: M, NY, WU. – Reprinted from Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien 6 (Abh.): 191-224. 1856. ##### n.11.396. Enumeratio plantarum Transsilvaniae **Title** *Enumeratio plantarum Transsilvaniae* exhibens: stirpes phanerogamas sponte crescentes atque frequentius cultas, cryptogamas vasculares, characeas, etiam muscos hepaticasque... Vindobonae \[Wien\] (apud Guilielmum Braumüller...) 1866. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. Transsilv.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Jun 1866 (p. xviii: Apr 1866; ÖbZ 1 Jul 1866), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-984. *Copies*: B, FI, G, H, HH, M, NY, Teyler, US, USDA. *Nova editio* (actually a simple reissue): 1885 (Bot. Centralbl. 26-30 1885; Bot. Zeit. 30 Oct 1885), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-985. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, NY. – "Nova editio". Vindobonae (sumptibus Caroli Graeser) 1885. Oct. *Ref*.: Heufler, L. v., Österr. bot. Z. 16: 288-290. 1 Sep 1866 (rev.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 24: 330-332. 19 Oct 1866 (rev.). ##### n.11.397. Phytographische Mittheilungen **Title** *Phytographische Mittheilungen* über Pflanzenfbrmen aus verschiedenen Florengebieten des Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates von Dr. Ferd. Schur. (Verhandlungen des naturf. Vereines in Brünn XV. Bd.) \[1877\]. Oct. **Notes** Publ.: 1877, p. \[1\]-200. *Copies*: FI, LC. – Issued as Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 15(2): 1-200. 1877. *Continuation*: Ib. 33: 160-251. 1895, 36 (Abh.): 152-271. 1898, 41 (Abh.): 183-260. 1903, 42 (Abh.): 202-253. 1904.